Fan



Jarra. 9, 1923.

P. M. FRANZEN.

FAN. F1 LED JUNE 30, 1921 Patented an.' 9, 1923.

.To all ywhom t "may concern r Be it knownthat I, PETER M. FRANZEN, va citizen ot the United States,y and aresident y r`of Chicago, (look County, andk State. Of

Illinois, have invented certain newA and useliul Improvements in `Fans, of which the Jfollowingis declaredto be al full, cleaigand exact description.

rlhis invention relates to lfans* andits principal object is to Inake a light, eXible and inexpensive hun which is attractive and suitable kfor advertising,purposes and in which the handle portion may be used over and over again with varioustorms of ktan body portions. Another object kis to provide a fan whichcmay bereadily andrquioklyy assembled and taken apart. i. l

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter fully set forth` and claimed. l

The invention is clearly illustrated in the A accompanying drawing inA which Fig. '1

is a front View of the fan embodying a sim- .plei'ormof thepresent invention; l? 2v is afrear view thereof; 3 is a longitudinal section taken on thewlinel 3 3 of Fig. lgllFig. 4 is a` cross-section .taken on the lin-e 4 4 of Figui; Fig. 5 is` a trontvelevation 'of a vfragmentL of theA handle portion; and Fig. 6 isa det-ail cross-sectiontaken on they line `(5f-G of Fig. 5.I v

Referring to said drawing, 'the reference character 10 designates vthe fan body portion, which may be of any suitable formfand it is preferably made of afsheetjof card.

board or other stift paper. Alongthe median line of said fan bodyportion are formed two apertures 11 suitably spaced apart, as

is clearly seen in Figs. 2 and Sythroughv which apertures is inserted one handle mem ber 12 ot' rthe handle` portion 13, part ot said handle member 12 lying on one side or lace, o of the body portion 1Y0 and the otherv part lying on. the reverse or opposite face or side bfthereof, as is indicated iu Fig. One end of the other handle member 1.2;L of the handle portion is secured to one` end of the handle member 12 by afrivet pin or the like 14 and said handlev member 12"'` en tends along the rear `tace l) ot the body portion`10 in close proximity thereto and is detachably secured at its other end .to the handle member 12 by connecting y means,

" here shown ask comprising a headed pinl which enters a keyhole slot 16 formed in said 'i handle member The'twohandle memi y rAiri,V4 y y I application aledgrune ao', 192111I seriainolisinea l i I I y bersi127l12lare substantially the."

lengthand comprisev two thin strips ot light gauge, flexible, sheetinetal, and the pin 15 l and keyhole slot'lI kare so arranged with respect to each other that when the two handle members 12, 12?1 are placedback` to back,

.the headed pin vwill be confinedin the" lnarrowpart 1,7 ofthe keyhole 4slot 16,`as clearly illustrated in Fig.` 5. y y, .i

yFor the purpose of ornamenting the tan and` otherwise making it attractive and suitable -or advertising purposes, a sheet,

card,` or the like, 18, bearing a suitable pictuieor advertising matter, is .pastedupon the front face a of the bodyglOy and is of l sufficient size to cover ltheapertures 11 and that the sheet or card 18 is pastedy or other- Wise secured vto thel tace a ofthe body-*10,

but the two are not pasted togetheralong] the place' wherethe pocket c is `formed.

The opposite'side ot the tan bodyl() may alsoy have sheets vor. cards 19 bearing suitably Aornamented surfaces or .advertising inatteigwvhich maybe pasted orvr otherwise Secured t0 .the ltace Dot the fan body'` 10." f One of .the particular advantages ot thisv fan consists in the' tact that the handle members are made of veryY light, flexible, Agauge sheet metal, which provides a thinxleXible handle that takes but very little room yand adds scarcely anything to the thicknessof the fan body." Furthermore, the pin. and keyhole slot connection between vthe two handle members provides a simple but eicient means Jfor quickly attaching the two handle membersordetachingV them fromr serted inv the larger end of the keyhole slot 16 by Herring or bending the handlemem-` ber12a as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 3,' to

bring the head ot the'headed pin 15 into said larger ori'ound portion of the keyhole slot. Upon releasing/the `tiered handle member, "it :straighte`ns out ybzw/"reason ot'its own elasticity and the head of the pin 15 isthereby brought into the narrow portion loic. theA .Letters Patent:

keyhole slot and the two handle members are thereby irinly but detachably secured together. The two handle vmembers7 when secured together, claspthe tan body between thek apertures and irinly connect itwith the handle. In case it becomes desirable to replace the tan body l0 with adifferent one, the two handle members are disconnected at their lower ends by flexingY them and withdrzm'ine the pin from the larger portion` of the iieyhole slot and then w`ithdrawingthe handle member 12 fromthe pocket c. A different body may then be placed upon the handle, as before.

More or less variationof Ythefexact details ot' construction ispossible without deparing from the spirit of this invention; l de sire, therefore, not to limit myself to the exact torni of they construction shown and described, but intend, in the following claims, to point out all of the invention disclosed herein, f

I claim as new and ydesire to secure by l. As a new article of manufacture, a fan comprising a fan' body portion having' an elongated pocket' formed "therein, and a handle portion formed of two thin exible strips of sheet metal permanently secured together at one endend detachably secured together at the other end by a headed pin and lreyholeslot connection, one of said handle members extending through said pocket in thebody portion.

2. As a lnew article ot manufacture, a tan comprising a tan body portiontormed wit-h two spaced apertures, and a handle portion comprising` two lthin flexible sheet metal strips permanently securedtogether at one end and having' headed pin and keyholeslot connection 'at the other end, whereby said other ends `Ina-y be detachably secured `together., one ot' said handle members extending,i throughsaid apertures in the body port tion.

"3. As anew article or" manufacture, a fan Leeuw,

Comprising a fan body portion haring two spaced apertures formed therein and a sheet of material secured to one tace of said tan body portion and` covering said apertures, there being apocket between said tan body :portion and sheet extending between said apertures, and a handle portion formed' of twosthin flexible sheet metal strips perma-` nently secured together at one enda-nd hav- .ing-

headed pin and keyhole slotconnection at the other end, whereby they are detachably secured together at said end', one of said handle members extending through said pocket in the bodyvportionf et. As a new article or manufacture, a fan comprising` a. fan body' portion having two spaced apertures formed therein and a sheet ot'materal 4secured to one tace of said fan body portion and covering said apertures,

there being" a pocket between said tan `body portion and sheet extending between said apertures, and a handle portion formed" of two thin flexible sheet metal strips permanentlf,T secured together at one end and detachably lsecured together at'the other end, one 1 of said handle members extending through said pocket inthe body portion and its end portions extending out throughrsaid apertures.

5. As a new article of manufacturda :tan

comprising a fan body portion 'having two ritrae MfrnANzEN. 

